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The trend of joining forces with the Liberian kingdoms made Wu Feng immediately alert, the empire did not relax its monitoring of the Liberian kingdoms in the past two years, when Princess Gavlin of the Doton Kingdom and King Sezerif IX of the Poole Kingdom were both in-laws, it caused the Tang Empire to worry, but this kind of mutual marriage between the Liberians is not uncommon, there is an intricate intricate relationship between the royal families of Liberia, but this time the two neighboring countries have such a close relationship by marriage, it still can't help but feel that there is a certain taste of political need。 Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The economic foundation of the Poole Kingdom is poor, and it is still slowly recovering, but its military strength is quite strong, the martial tradition is strong, it is a typical country that started with a military career, and the Doton Kingdom is slightly inferior in the military, but because of its east facing the sea, the climate is suitable, and the agriculture is relatively developed, especially in the past few years, the wind and rain have been smooth, although it has suffered a heavy blow from the Japanese and occupied the Crescent Peninsula, but it has not hurt the fundamentals, and its industry and commerce are far more developed than Poole, and the two countries have formed a very close relationship which means that Poole can provide strong military protection to the Doton side, and Doton can also provide a steady stream of financial and material assistance to the Poole Kingdom, which can be said to be desirable.

The marriage between the kingdom of Poole and the kingdom of Doton was only the beginning of the alliance of the Liboas, when the Tang Dynasty expressed concern and concern about the joint military exercises of the two countries in the border area, but suffered another blow, Prime Minister Siathrow visited Poole and Doton, and concluded a military cooperation agreement, and then a series of diplomatic activities of the dignitaries of the Liberian countries were even more dazzling, and the four-nation alliance was almost formed before the Tang Dynasty made a suitable response, which made the Tang Empire immediately feel the great pressure facing the north。

Once the four countries united had an army of more than one million, and almost the entire north of the empire was exposed to the alliance of the four countries, especially in the northern region, most of them were flat, and the Liberian countries were characterized by the appropriate combination of light and heavy cavalry, which also brought unprecedented pressure to the imperial privy council, and the imperial center in addition to continuously posthumously allocating for the repair and new construction of fortresses and castles in the northern region, it also began to expand the establishment of heavy cavalry divisions.

Long before the establishment of the empire, the Western Regions began to carry out a large-scale military horse breeding program in the Western Regions, selecting the Wusun horses and Kucha horses with strong load-bearing capacity and good sprinting ability in the Western Regions and the steppe horses with good endurance and hunger resistance on the Tengger grassland for crossbreeding, and in 699 it was already successful, and began to breed in large numbers this excellent breed known as the Western Xinjiang horse. Although the western Xinjiang horse can not be compared with the steppe horse in terms of endurance, it retains the characteristics of the male stallion Wusun horse and Kucha horse, can sprint with weight, and its endurance has also been greatly improved, and has fully possessed the advantages comparable to the special Liberian horse on the Liberian grassland, so in the second half of 699, the large-scale breeding work entered the ** As of April 701, there has been a heavy cavalry division successfully formed to form combat effectiveness, and another heavy cavalry division is in full swing to prepare for the military exercise, so far three integrated heavy cavalry divisions have been incorporated into the battle sequence, so that the ability of the Tang Empire to implement tactical breakthroughs in large-scale battles in the northern plains has been significantly improved。

But now facing the great pressure of the Liberian people, the empire immediately realized that the empire is still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of quantity and quality for the Liberian countries in terms of heavy cavalry strength, and this disadvantage is almost fatal for the battle of the northern plains, in addition to continuing to expand the strength of the heavy cavalry on the one hand, the empire has also re-proposed to the Sykes tribe and the Dore tribe to establish the Imperial Reading Armored Beast Force (armed unicorn force) to deal with the severe situation in the north, which has also been fully supported by the Sykes tribe and the Dore tribe, and the armored beast force has grown from scratch, from weak to strong, quickly expanded from the original 2,000 to 5,000, and gradually formed a combat effectiveness, becoming a special part of the imperial heavy cavalry force.

Even so, the strength of the Imperial Ironclad Cavalry is still at an absolute disadvantage overall, almost every country in the Liberian countries has more than 30,000 ironclad cavalry, such as the three kingdoms of Sithro, Kaman and Poole, and their ironclad cavalry strength is close to 200,000, and the strategic assault force of the entire Liberian countries even exceeds 400,000, which is already a rather terrifying number.

And the only thing the empire can be proud of is the strength of the rangers, coupled with the fierceness of the Gaoyue hoplites, and the large number of light infantry, but whether they are sure to deal with the difficulties after the great alliance of the Liberian states, even the two privy envoys of the Privy Council are not very sure, so in this case, Wu Feng will order Cui Wenxiu to suspend military operations in the Central Continent region, quickly return to Beijing, and discuss with Liang Chongxin, who has rushed back to Yanjing in advance, the possible arrival of this big battle that can determine the survival of the empire.

What worries Wufeng is not only the great alliance of the Liboya, what worries him the most is that the Maqi Khans are likely to want to join this Liboya association, although the Maqi Khans are located in the south, but in the face of such a huge military operation, the geographical position is no longer the main factor affecting the change of the situation, this is not to fight, once it starts, it will at least be a protracted war, it is a decisive battle to the death that determines the survival of the empire and the existence of the Liboa countries, and the Maqi Khans can also not stay out of the matter, once the Liboya people fail, the fate of the Maqi Khanate can be imagined。

In this case, it is strange that the Maqi Khans do not want to do everything possible to mix in one leg, although they know that the Maqi Khans will not be lonely, but when they learned that the representatives of the Maqi Khans appeared in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Lesk, the capital of the Sislo Empire, Wu Feng still felt an unprecedented huge pressure.

Sometimes Wu Feng himself is laughing at himself, thinking that he didn't have so many worries when he broke into the world single-handedly, but now he has thousands of miles of fertile land and hundreds of millions of people, but he actually suffers from gains and losses, is it really because of his age that he has become more and more conservative and timid, for this reason, Wu Feng has asked himself many times, and even specifically asked Ling Tianfang and Bo Jinchen, but he has never been able to find an answer that satisfies him.

Fortunately, in 700, the empire determined a strategy of consolidating the domestic situation with economic development for a period of time, and with the arrival of the harvest in 701, the empire also ushered in a rare harvest year, after three consecutive years of natural disasters, the empire was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and no longer needed to import grain from Luzon and India to make up for the shortfall. The stability of the domestic situation in the empire also provided a relatively good internal environment for the empire to use troops, of course, the news that the Liberian countries were sharpening their knives in the northern border area that was constantly disclosed in the news media also stimulated the emotions of the people in the empire to a certain extent, and the psychology of the imperial people, who had been raised to the unique hegemonic status of the Eastern Continent, also began to pay attention to the external threats, and the call for strengthening armaments and improving military strength finally came out of the valley after more than a year of low tide.

The Japanese also have this intention, and they want to get involved in anything that weakens the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, but their strength, especially the land power, is almost negligible, and in the future war that determines the survival of the country, they can only decide the victory or defeat by land war, and at this point, the Japanese obviously do not have enough right to speak.

In the face of the hostility shown by the Liberian states, Wu Feng also realized that the empire might have to change its strategic plan, and originally hoped to be able to deal with the Japanese people first after the naval force became stronger, and then deal with the enemy on land, but now it seems that the estimate of the situation at that time was a little too optimistic, the Liberians were not willing to sit idly by, and the Maqi Khans were bent on turning things around, and these factors combined directly affected the empire's strategy policy, forcing the empire to make some corresponding changes.

Fortunately, the war in the Central Continent is still within the controllable range, and the situation in the southwest has gradually calmed down, and the Western Peninsula Alliance has gradually acquiesced in the annexation of Sikkim, Nan'an, The fact that Western Samoa and Soktu, the establishment of the southwestern county of the empire also indicates that this land is officially included in the empire's territory, and the cooperation between Siolan and Zedelan and the empire on the issue of Meli makes Siolan and Zetlan also have some scruples in considering the support for the Western Peninsula Alliance, especially the empire has clearly put forward the requirement that Xiolan and Zetlan must not support the Western Peninsula Alliance and the empire hostile, and now the empire can not wave Jin Gesi They are already secretly happy, as for the original alliance and promise have long been left behind, no one is willing to provoke the empire This behemoth, even if it is a stealing life, it is better than destroying the country immediately。

The command of the Central Continent was handed over to Hu Yanqiu, although Cui Wenxiu also had to admit that Hu Yanqiu's ability to command an army of 400,000 was a little difficult, but Hu Yanqiu did have an advantage, that is, he was cautious and never greedy for merit, plus he was familiar enough with this land, and the negotiations with the Hansen Alliance were about to begin, and the war between the two sides had no value to continue.

(To be continued)